Ants in my pants – Stewart Nicol
Time and Place
Thursday 6th February
7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start
UTAS Sandy Bay Campus in the Law Building Seminar Room (Room 132)
See below for the venue details
About
Curiosity about a shrub in his garden led Stewart, a botanically naïve zoologist, to investigate the pollination of Richea dracophylla, a Tasmanian endemic restricted to the south-east of the state. In this talk he will discuss the pollinators, including the discovery of the first recorded instance of pollination by a nocturnal cryophilic ant, and the role of birds. He will also talk about the long and possibly changing flowering period of Richea dracophylla and about other aspects of the biology of the genus Richea.
Registration for non-members
Non-members are welcome, and registration is optional.
If you think that the club is a good fit for you and you would like to regularly attend events then we ask you sign up as a member (https://tasfieldnats.org.au/member)
Venue
We use the rear entrance to the building and access is easy – from the corner of Grosvenor St and Alexander St (see red star and arrows on map) walk down the laneway on the northern side of the Law Building and enter via the sliding doors at the back of the building. There should be plenty of parking available close by along Grosvenor St just past View St or on Dobson Road which is one-way down (see green squares). Sometimes sports practice is taking a lot of the parking along Grosvenor Crescent by the oval. Bring a torch if you are worried about the footpaths.
On entry into the lower foyer please enter your name and phone number on the meeting attendance sheet. Access will be from 7.15pm.
Hope to see you there!
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we study natural history.